Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,331, Spencer Elston, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey.
Elston, Spencer
P. 3,331
CONTENTS

3331. ✓
P. O.
Spencer Astor
Service:
1851 Printed list of Rejected and Suspended Claims shows
Enlisted:
following cause of suspension: 18
Discharged:
"suspended for more perfect details of his militia service" 18
Application filed: _____
, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis.
Searched for _____
, 18

Suspended
See letter 18 Jan 1836
• B. J. Laporte,
3381

Tompkins County ss. On the 18 th day of December in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty five personally appeared before me (Peter Lounsbury a justice of the peace in said County) Solomon Middaugh and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he deponent served as a Lieutenant in the revolutionary war, that his residence during said war was in the town of Wantage Sussex county State of New Jersey, about four and an half miles from the place called Dechertown, that he was acquainted during that time with Spencer Elston, who lived during the whole of said war within two miles of the residence of this deponent. That he said Spencer Elston was at one time drafted for one month and served during the month in the same company with this deponent this  war in 1778 at Cherry . This deponent has known the said Spencer Elston to be out on duty at several other times in case of alarms, and this deponent further saith that the said Spencer Elston was several times from home during the said war, when it was said that he was in the service, and which this deponent has never heard contradicted, and confidently believes, but this deponent does not recollect of being present with said Elston in any service except as above stated and further the deponent saith .
Sworn and subscribed before me } Solomon Middaugh the day and year above written }
Peter Lounsbury. jus. peace.
The above named Solomon Middaugh further saith upon his oath that the said Spencer Elston belonged to a class called Minutemen who were in readiness whenever called upon which was frequently. That he has known the said Spencer Elston to be out several times in obedience to such calls.
Solomon Middaugh
Sworn and subscribed the } 18 th December 1835. before me }
Peter Lounsbury jus peace.
I do hereby certify that the above named Solomon Middaugh is a resident of the Town of Caroline N.Y. and is a person of good understanding, veracity, and moral character.
Peter Lounsbury. Justice peace

State of New York
Tompkins County ss. I Arthur Schuyler Clerk of the County of Tompkins do hereby certify that Peter Lounsbury before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken and whose name is subscribed thereto was at the time of the date of said affidavits a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & authorized to administer oaths & take affidavits and that I am acquainted with his hand, writing & truly believe his signature subscribed to said affidavits is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 18 th day of Dec. 1835
Arthur S. Schuyler Clerk

Spencer Elston Sussex did Roll of New York
Re Sus 82

STATE OF New York Pennsylvania
COUNTY OF Chautauqua Franklin } ss.
BE IT KNOWN, That before Ebenezer Washburn a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, of Franklin personally appeared Abram Elston who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, that he is the child of Spencer Elston deceased, widow of _____ (who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution,) that he now makes this declaration to recover any pension-moneys that may be due on account of the services of Spencer Elston as aforesaid, for the benefit of his children
under any acts or resolutions of Congress applicable to the case; and that he is directly interested in the same, and makes this affidavit to be filed by his attorney.
Sworn and subscribed this 29 day of July 185 2 , before me, Ebenezer Washburn Justice of the Peace.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I Abram Elston child of Spencer Elston deceased, widow of _____ (who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution,) for value received do hereby constitute and appoint Robt W Young my true and lawful attorney irrevocably for me, and in my name to prosecute my claim to any pension-moneys that may be found due on account of the services of said Spencer Elston as aforesaid; and I hereby authorize my said attorney to examine all papers and documents touching my claim, on file in the departments at Washington or elsewhere, and file any additional evidence or arguments he may think proper, to ensure the recovery of the same.
Witness my hand and seal this 29 day of July A.D. 185 2 Signed and sealed in the presence of
WITNESS, Ebenezer Washburn
WITNESS, Levi Cottin
Abram Elston
(L.S.)
STATE OF New York Pennsylvania COUNTY OF Chautauqua  Franklin } ss.
On this 29 day of July A.D. 185 2 , before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Abram Elston and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
Richard Cooper
Ebenezer Washburn Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF New York } ss. COUNTY OF Chautauqua }
BE IT KNOWN, That on the 29 day of July A.D. 185 2 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Levi Cottin and William Gaywood
two disinterested and respectable witnesses, and made oath according to law, that they were well acquainted with Spencer Elston deceased, widow of _____ (who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War,) and that
are his only surviving children. And that he the said Spencer Elston departed this life on the 5 day of January A.D. 183 7
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned, before me,
Bradford County Pa J.B. Moore Justice of the Peace. Ebenezer Washburn
of Chautauqua Co NY

State of Pennsylvania } County of Bradford }
On this 24 th day of Dec r 1835 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Edmund Herrick President and John McKean & Jonathan Stephen Associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Spencer Ellston a resident of Athens in the County of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named offi- cers, and served as herein stated - The time the service in the Spring of 1776 was drafted several times in the militia for one month at a time but in consequence of old age and the loss of memory he is unable to state all the officers under which he served at the different times. He served under Captain John Davis Captain Joseph Cook Lieut. Madamys Lieut Stagg and many other officers the names of whom it is impossible for him at this time to remember. He was one of what were called Minute Men, was always ready when called upon and in addition to the several times that he was drafted he was frequently called upon & served from two days to two weeks at a time - Among the field officers under whom he served was Major Samuel Mifflin he was also acquainted with Col. Wymans and

Elizabethtown who was Col of the Militia but thinks he did not Command the Regiment in which he served at any of the above named times. he was never engaged in any battles. he was stationed at Amboy Elizabethtown Hackensack and many other places. he was one of a Company who took ten or twelve prisoners at Hackensack & they would have taken a large number more had not the Enemy crossed a creek and tore down the Bridge so that the Company of which he was one were unable to get over - he was one of a Company of eight or ten individuals who were sent back through the woods a distance of about fifty miles on the Delaware river where they had received information were a Company of ten. they had left the place a short time before the Company of which he was one arrived there. he was born as they have been informed by his parents at a place called Short hills about ten miles from Elizabethtown in New Jersey in May 1755. has no record of his age. he resided where he entered the service at Westfield Sussex County New Jersey has since resided at Newfield Tompkins County New York & now resides at Athens Bradford County Pennsylvania. he has never received any discharge from the service & has no documentary evidence of his services - he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State - And this Declarant further saith upon his oath that by reason of old age & infirmity & the consequent loss of memory he is unable to state

The precise time he has served, but from the time he entered the Service in 1776 he thinks he was in Actual Service not less than one quarter the time until the close of the war. he Can safely say upon his oath that he served in all more than Eighteen months & for such service he claims as per above — his Sworne to and Subscribed the Spencer Ellston day and year aforesaid 1804 J. Williams Dept. of Prothonotary
We John P. Green & Ezekiel Curry residing in Athens Bradford County Pennsylvania hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Spencer Ellston who has Subscribed and sworne to the above declaration. That we believe him to be Eighty Years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the Neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion — John P. Green Ezekiel Curry Sworne & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid J. Williams Dept. Prothonotary
And the said Courts do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter. and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. and the Courts further Certifies that it appears to them that John P. Green and Ezekiel Curry who have signed the preceding Certificate are residents of Athens in Bradford County Pennsylvania. and are credible

persons and that their statement is entitled to credit —————
I James P. Bull Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the fore- going contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Spencer Ellston for a pension — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and seal of Office this 24 day of December 1835
for J P Bull J Rollins Dept

33.571 Spencer Ellston Pa. Pennsylvania
H. M. Laporte AK
John Laporte